that i have been sent. prince harry and meghan s team say they have been invited to the king s coronation, but won t confirm whether the royal couple will attend. this year s oscars feature a record number of nominees of asian heritage. we ve been speaking to one hopeful about their special recognition. i was just hoping that the movie gets finished and that people watch it and so the fact that we have come all the way this far has been so exciting. hello there. very warm welcome to the programme. we begin our coverage today with the story of a huge fire in bangladesh which has destroyed about 2,000 shelters at a rohingya refugee camp in the south east of the country. officials say the blaze has been brought under control but around 12,000 people have been left homeless at the camp in cox s bazar and have nowhere to go. 0ur correspondent anbarasan ethirajan reports. the bamboo shelters of rohingya refugees in cox s bazar district are no match for the raging blaze. residents r
time in a year. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the us where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police in the city of memphis, has taken place. us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, in tennessee. following tyre nichol s death, five officers, themselves also black, were charged with murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was overlaid with anger, as mourners celebrating the life of tyre nichols also railed against the injustice of his death. i can t speak for everybody in memphis, i can t speak for everybody gathering, but for me, i believe that if that man had been white, you wouldn t have beat him like that that night. applause. america s first black v
demanding civil and voting rights for african americans. standing at the bridge in selma, alabama where the assault, which has come to be known as bloody sunday took place, mr biden called for congress to pass legislation to strengthen voting in the us. footage of the violence in 1965 shocked the country and led to congress passing the voting rights act. analysts say black voters remain a key constituency in mr biden s expected bid for re election next year. i m joined now byjoe watkins, a civil rights advocate and former aide to president george w bush. he joins us live from new york. thank you very much for being with us. welcome back to the programme. mr bidons is again fundamental rights are under attack. why is he saying this? he saying this because he knows he doesn t yet have the support legislatively to pass strong voting rights legislation. it is something thatjohn lewis tried to get past before he
reform, says she s not surprised. yeah, i mean the system - of policing is inherently white supremacist, racist and anti black. - but these were black officers that were involved. the fact that someone - who is blackjoined that system doesn t mean that they re - going to remember that they re black, or they re going to put that first. - they put being j an officer first. the brutal death of tyre nichols has shocked america and reignited the debate about racialjustice, with talk of change and reform, but little hope that anyone can truly say this will never happen again. sarah smith, bbc news, memphis. i m joined now byjoe watkins, a civil rights advocate and former aide to president george w bush. thank president george w bush. you for being with us. vi had thank you for being with us. we had the vice president talking about congress pushing through this legislation which was written after the murder of george floyd in minneapolis in 2020. is legislation enough? the hope is that it wou